Category Archives: Books

White Bones Red Rot Black Snakes

This major work combines scrupulous research with creative imagin­ation to invest­igate the diverse and sometimes problematic roles that women have played in Buddhist stories.

A Swift Pair of Messengers

Serenity and insight are the two great wings of Buddhist medit­ation. This book col­lects virtually all the signi­ficant passages on this topic from the early discourses, carefully elucidated for the modern reader.

Bhikkhuni Vinaya Studies

Explor­ation of issues confronting fully ordained nuns (bhikkhunis) in modern Buddhism. Includes detailed textual analysis based on comparison of the original Vinaya texts.